Hello

I'm writing a small database application on top of mysql. It is almost finished and now I'm thinking about how to distribute it.

I am thinking of making two separate distibutions, one without mysql that you can use if the database server is located on a different computer, and a standalone version that has mysql already in it and for which you don't need to worry about setting up a mysql server. Ideally they would have to download and unzip just one file and then it should work already.

My questions are: - is this possible? - is this allowed? (my application is probably going to be open-source) - Any tips for making this work?

The application is written in java using JDBC and it should be cross-platform but my main concern is getting it working under windows.

thanks in advance,